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Wed 25 Oct 2023 3:23 pm - Jerusalem Time
Erdogan cancels his plans to visit Israel: Says Hamas is not terrorist
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced today, Wednesday, the cancellation of all his plans to visit Israel due to its brutal attacks against the Palestinian people in Gaza, stressing at the same time that the Hamas movement is not terrorist, and warning that Turkey will use all political and military means if necessary to stop the aggression against... Gaza.
Erdogan said, in a speech before his party’s parliamentary bloc: “We had a project to go to Israel and I canceled it. Israel kills children, and we will not allow them to be killed because we have our share of humanity,” noting that “the Israeli attacks on Gaza are a sign of killing, and we will do so.” Whatever it takes is for Gaza, and we will never give up our position.”
Erdogan considered that Israel is carrying out one of the most brutal attacks in history against the Palestinian people in Gaza, as half of the dead are children, and the other half are their mothers and the elders of their families, and this alone is enough to show the horror of Israel, considering that making excuses for launching attacks is the West’s legacy of its bloody history. .
Erdogan stressed that Hamas is not a terrorist organization, saying, “I appeal to Israel from here, and I tell it that you can be an organization, because the West owes you a lot, but Turkey does not owe you anything. The West considers Hamas a terrorist organization. Hamas is not a terrorist organization; "It is a group of mujahideen trying to protect and liberate their lands."
The Turkish President escalated his words against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying, "I shook the hand of this man called Netanyahu once in my life (past United Nations meetings). Of course we had good intentions and they misused them."
Erdogan stressed the need to declare a ceasefire immediately, saying, "As long as innocent people continue to die in Gaza, sending any ship to the region will not lead to peace, and Israel must respond to our call for peace."
He continued: "We will continue, as a state and a nation, to call for the truth and use all diplomatic and military means if necessary. Both parties must remove their hands from the trigger. A ceasefire must be declared, our call for peace must be answered, the hostages must be released quickly, and the Rafah border gate must remain open in "At all times, settler terrorism must also end."
He stressed that Turkey will never stop bearing responsibility, stressing that it is ready to be one of the guarantors of the Palestinian side with its political and military presence, considering that the issue of the guarantor is the most effective way to provide a realistic solution, recommending holding a conference for Palestinian-Israeli peace.
Calling on countries to put pressure on the Netanyahu government to bring Israel back to its senses, the Turkish president stressed that "peace in the region depends on the establishment of an independent Palestinian state recognized by the whole world. Otherwise, it is not possible to predict where extremism will lead us."
He added, "I repeat my call: the United Nations must reform itself," considering that "the structure that hands over world security to the interests of the five countries has no sustainability," deploring the state of impotence that the United Nations has reached.
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Erdogan cancels his plans to visit Israel: Says Hamas is not terrorist